Endocrine Abstracts

Background: There are about 50% of people living with undiagnosed diabetes worldwide. Moreover, by the time of diabetes diagnosis, chronic disabling complications are already present.Aim: To assess level of A1c by the time of type 2 diabetes diagnosis.Material and methods: We analyzed results of type 2 diabetes screening in three regions of the Republic of Uzbekistan among 2521 people aged 35 or older without known carbohydrates me...

Background: Different screening programs recommend starting active search for type 2 diabetes (DM2) at age from 35 to 45. This difference comes from variety in structure of population and weight of age as a risk factor, and also has economical background.The aim of our study: Was to find out the most acceptable cut–off age for DM2 screening in Uzbekistan.Material and Methods: We analyzed results of type 2 diabetes screening i...

Patient Z., 13 years old, transferres to the ICU with diagnosis: Diabetes mellitus newly diagnosed. Diabetic ketoacidotic coma II. Concomitant: Left-sided pneumonia.Objective: Cussmaul’s breath, 36/minute. Pulse 128/min. BP 100/60 mm Hg. Glycemia 30.4 mmol/l, ketones in urine: ++++. CBC, urine, biochemical analysis of blood had not any special features. In the dynamics of the phenomenon of increasing respiratory failure and falling hemodynamics, the...